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Kingweston is a small village just off the Somerton to Castle Cary road (B3153), near Somerton in Somerset, consisting of around 29 dwellings.

Kingweston House, rebuilt 1780, is now a boarding house for Millfield School of Street.

Butleigh amateur rugby club's home ground is Kingweston village green. Since 1993, on the August bank holiday weekends, the Magnificent Sevens rugby tournament takes place in Kingweston, raising money for charity. In 2005 £3000 was raised.

Every July, the Somerton horse show is held at Home Farm, Kingweston. The show has been held here for over 60 years, raising money for various charities.

The late famous BBC Radio 4 presenter and playwright, Ned Sherrin CBE, spent his childhood years at Lower Farm, Kingweston, where his parents were farmers. In his 2005 autobiography, he recalls his childhood years in Kingweston. He moved there when he was three years old and tells of helping on the farm with his elder brother and attending the nearby Barton St. David village school. In December 2007, his ashes were buried in his parents' grave at Kingweston.

There is a 18 hole flat golf course at Kingweston.

This website contains the following:

The history of Kingweston, from times when there was a coaching inn and blacksmiths.